It was only last May that the second album by this simmering trio dropped. Gawd, I hate that expression! You drop yer kecks or your keys. Could have been worse, I could have used “sophomore”, too. Anyway, let’s start again……
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Just a few weeks before their heroes and role-models introduced their new album to the public, former Yes tribute band Fragile released a sophomore attempt, entitled Beyond. A brief reminder: the band, formed in 1999, has spent the first two…
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A fascinating release from a young German multi-instrumentalist Philipp Nespital, who – pandemics permitting – can also be found gigging with his band smalltape. The Hungry Heart was released in July of this year, and from what I gather the…
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Featured artists: Jumble Hole Clough | Annie Barbazz | Vasko Atanasovski Adrabesa Quartet | Taras Bulba | Bunny & The Invalid Singers | Giant Sky ||: In this ADA (shorter reviews) update Roger Trenwith takes a look at recent releases…
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Krokofant were originally formed as a duo when Tom Hasslan (guitars) and Axel Skalstad (drums) met in a guitar shop in Kongsberg, a town in southern Norway well known for its annual jazz festival. Saxophonist Jørgen Mathisen was invited to…
View More Krokofant with Storløkken & Håker Flaten – Fifth
It’s not often that I would give an EP a full-length review, but Germany’s Maladie have a history of stretching the concept of what an EP might be. This year sees the third chapter in their Symptoms series of EPs.…
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In many ways, James Bond has a lot in common with progressive rock. Both have been around a long time, both have gone in and out of fashion, both try to reinvent themselves while sticking to a tried and tested…
View More Hans Zimmer – No Time to Die
This year has been a bit of a roller coaster for Dream Theater fans, bringing us a new Transatlantic album, Liquid Tension Experiment 3, and now Dream Theater themselves with their fifteenth studio album, A View from the Top of…
View More Dream Theater – A View from the Top of the World
What happens when love dies? The heady thrill of romantic entanglement may well incline us to embrace the belief that love lasts forever, yet the realities of everyday life often expose it for the wilful illusion it really is. Love…
View More Three Colours Dark – Love’s Lost Property
Phil Lively’s The Fall was the kind of album I shouldn’t have wanted to listen to last year, full of misery, and wallowing in self-pity. Did I enjoy listening to it, just because it made me feel better, that I…
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